Timber_Wolf, you DO disrupt our fun. I'm a pirate, I've tried getting you, you ran we killed you, you switched characters. I think the only reason you launched was to draw my 'wing' further from Theta and your...... Other character. No wait.... I KNOW that for a fact.
Then also, there is the Military side of this. As a military officer, when I demand your CONTRABAND, you better fork it over or prepare to die. Not land and refuse to launch other than to fly in a circle while cruising carrying no cargo.
Now, I, well, smuggle. If I get caught, I fight it out. Or I run, land, launch again, then run and fight along the way. Also, I don't repair if someone is giving chase.
When you take artifacts to New Berlin RIGHT past a member of the RM, and you are ordered/asked to drop your cargo, prepare to fight for the right to continue trading. Die in your train, or drop the cargo, and I'll leave. But if you land AND sell......... Then you made me angry.